Lithium liability19 Mar 2023 13:11
An e-mail from Energy and storage popped up in my inbox.
While sorry for those affected I remain hopeful VRFBs will take down Lithium in gridscale storage , sooner rather than later .
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Practical Investment Analysis for the New Energy Economy
Lithium Fires From NYC to Venice Beach
ALEX KOYFMAN | MAR 19, 2023
Dear Reader,
Another week, another slew of lithium fire headlines from across the country.
This past Tuesday, three businesses burned in Venice Beach, California, after a lithium battery overheated — a pet canine of one of the business owners perished.
That same day, an e-bike battery set fire to a home in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
A week prior, Easton, Pennsylvania, Fire Marshal Chad Gruver issued an open letter to the public warning that the hazards of lithium batteries can be found everywhere, including many of today’s most popular electronic devices.
“Their fragility and ability to increase the scale of an emergency, such as a fire, exponentially,” he stated, “We need to remember to use caution and try to reduce risk as much as possible.”
FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh issued a similar warning in a recent interview.
"In all of these fires, these lithium-ion fires, it is not a slow burn; there’s not a small amount of fire. It literally explodes," she said. "It’s a tremendous volume of fire as soon as it happens, and it’s very difficult to extinguish and so it’s particularly dangerous."
This Trend Can Only Do Two Things: Grow or Die
With each passing year, the danger of lithium battery fires increases right alongside the number of batteries in circulation.
Finally, after nearly three decades of living with this potentially deadly nature of modern rechargeable batteries, people are starting to listen.
Practical Investment Analysis for the New Energy Economy
Lithium Fires From NYC to Venice Beach
ALEX KOYFMAN | MAR 19, 2023
Dear Reader,
Another week, another slew of lithium fire headlines from across the country.
This past Tuesday, three businesses burned in Venice Beach, California, after a lithium battery overheated — a pet canine of one of the business owners perished.
That same day, an e-bike battery set fire to a home in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
A week prior, Easton, Pennsylvania, Fire Marshal Chad Gruver issued an open letter to the public warning that the hazards of lithium batteries can be found everywhere, including many of today’s most popular electronic devices.
“Their fragility and ability to increase the scale of an emergency, such as a fire, exponentially,” he stated, “We need to remember to use caution and try to reduce risk as much as possible.”
FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh issued a similar warning in a recent interview.
"In all of these fires, these lithium-ion fires, it is not a slow burn; there’s not a small amount of fire. It literally explodes," she said. "It’s a tremendous volume of fire as soon as it happens, and it’s very difficult to extinguish and so it’
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